10.8.8
AFRICA
What started as a campus magazine at FUTMINNA became events, partnerships, a headline festival, and a community of over 3,000 people. Five years of building something real.
A bunch of young people who decided to make something happen.
10.8.8 Africa didn't start with a business plan or a pitch deck. It started with a group of engineering students at FUTMINNA who looked around at the creative energy on campus and decided someone needed to document it. We decided to be that someone.
The magazine was the beginning — a real publication covering the lifestyle, culture, and creativity of engineering students. I wrote for it, scouted the people who made it look the way it did, and designed the logo that would become the face of everything that followed.
Then we built the website. Then we did events. Then we built a festival. Five years later, 10.8.8 Africa is a community of 3,000+ and a brand that has outlasted our time on campus — because we built it to.
The Magazine
It started with a simple idea: a campus magazine for engineering students at FUTMINNA. Not just academic — lifestyle, culture, creativity. Multiple issues. Real production. Real distribution.
First Events
A restaurant chain opened a new campus outlet and needed a launch event. We pitched, they said yes. 200+ guests showed up. That partnership opened a new chapter for what 10.8.8 could be.
FUTCH Is Born
The Futminna Techies and Creative Hangout — our headline event. The idea was simple: bring the builders and the creatives into the same room. The execution was anything but simple.
Going Beyond Campus
After graduation, we renamed FUTCH to Fusion of Techies and Creatives Hangout — keeping the brand, expanding the market. The community followed.
Three Editions. Still Building.
Across 3 editions of FUTCH, over 2,000 guests. A campus festival. A social community of 3,000+. 10.8.8 is no longer a student project — it's a record of what happens when young people refuse to wait for permission.
FUTCH.
Fusion of Techies and Creatives Hangout.
3 editions. 2,000+ guests. Still going.
FUTCH started as a simple conviction: that the builders and the creatives on campus deserved a space to meet each other. Not a seminar. Not a lecture. A real event — with energy, with purpose, with production value they'd remember.
We ran the first edition as students. We ran the next editions after graduation, renaming it Fusion of Techies and Creatives Hangout — keeping the FUTCH identity, expanding the audience. The brand survived the transition because it was never just about FUTMINNA. It was about what young Nigerians can build when they put their minds together.
Three editions. Over 2,000 cumulative guests. Partnerships closed. Money raised. Teams led. Every edition harder than the last. Every edition better.
Co-Founder
One of the original people who sat in a room and decided to make something out of nothing. Every major decision — creative, strategic, operational — ran through the founding team.
Brand & Identity
Designed the 10.8.8 Africa logo. Built the first website. Set the visual language the brand has carried since day one.
Content & Talent
Wrote for the magazine and scouted the creatives, models, writers, and designers who gave 10.8.8 its creative edge. Building the team was as much the work as the output itself.
Partnerships & Fundraising
Helped raise over ₦2 million in partnerships across events. Learned to sell an idea to people who had no reason to believe in it yet — and close the deal.
Event Production
Co-produced the restaurant launch (200+ guests), three editions of FUTCH (2,000+ cumulative guests), and a campus festival that brought all tertiary institutions in Minna together.
Leadership
Led teams through the chaos of real events with real stakes. Showed up in ways I didn't know I could until the moment required it.
“I have led and shown up in ways I never knew I could until the moment required it. 10.8.8 didn't just build a brand — it built the people building it.”